Japan's Kei Nishikori advanced to the final of the Erste Bank Open with a straight-sets semifinal victory over Mikhail Kukushkin on Saturday.Nishikori, ranked 11th in the world, defeated his 71st-ranked opponent from Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-3 in one hour, 29 minutes. Kukushkin did not have a chance to break Nishikori's serve until the second set and did not face a break point himself until the sixth game of the first set.At that point, the qualifier Kukushkin fended off Nishikori to make it 3-3. The next break point did not come until the 10th game. With Nishikori leading 5-4, Nishikori had two c…READ FULL ARTICLE
